Senate Majority Leader Dominick Ruggerio announced his proposal Thursday. Ruggerio's proposal would also prohibit landlords from demanding that their tenants remove the vocal cords of dogs as a condition of occupancy.

The North Providence Democrats says landlords shouldn't be allowed to demand that tenants subject their pets to what he calls inhumane acts.

The proposal is similar to a law in California, which was the first state to make it illegal for landlords to demand tenants to declaw a cat.

Under Ruggerio's proposal tenants could still decline to rent to tenants with pets.

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